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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addiction. 2019 Jun 12;114(12):2150–2159. doi: 10.1111/add.14638

Table 5.

Changes in prevalence of opioid source over time among persons with POUD, 2005–2014.

2005–2009
(n=1,479)
2010–2014
(n=1,495)

Source Prevalence (95% CI) Prevalence (95% CI) AOR (95% CI)

Free from friends/family 40.45 (36.21, 44.69) 30.71 (26.80, 34.61) 0.42 (0.25, 0.71)**
Prescription from physician(s) 19.36 (16.20, 22.52) 25.68 (21.91, 29.44) 1.56 (0.80, 3.04)
Bought from friends/family 15.24 (12.39, 18.09) 22.96 (19.75, 26.18) 3.29 (1.76, 6.13)***
Bought from drug dealer/stranger 14.09 (10.64, 17.53) 12.55 (10.58, 14.51) 1.27 (0.55, 2.96)
Stolen 6.86 (5.03, 8.69) 5.53 (3.37, 7.69) 0.40 (0.15, 1.05)
Other 4.01 (2.42, 5.59) 2.58 (1.55, 3.61) 0.36 (0.12, 1.03)

Note: Data on sources of non-medical opioids were not collected prior to 2005; reported AORs are for 10-year period for which data were available.

Abbreviation: POUD, prescription opioid use disorder; CI, confidence interval; AOR, adjusted odds ratio. Models adjusted for sex, age, and race/ethnicity.

**

p<.01,

***

p<.001.